Mission imposible to down to 10 schools?

he already counted with current school list, need more than 10,000 words essay all together. Still debating REA between Stanford and Princeton. 高中亚裔不多. lack of reference. Last one to get Stanford is a few years ago, similar profile like him with slightly lower standard test scores,  white male.  Never see anyone get in MIT, Caltech.  Don't like Yale, might apply Harvard if he still have time and energy to get the essay ready :-)